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London's Liberal Democrat mayoral candidate Brian Paddick pledges to tackle gangs by creating Youth Hubs funded by banks and luxury hotel guests if he is elected.

Andy Murray commits to playing at Queen's Club until 2016, while the BBC extends its deal to cover the event for a further five years.

A court in Egypt suspends the Islamist-dominated assembly appointed last month to draft the country's new constitution.

UK Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to become the first Western leader to visit Burma since landmark by-elections on 1 April.

The number of Northern Ireland teachers could be affected if plans are brought in to introduce regional pay for UK public sector workers, a leading trade union says.

Severn Trent is discussing selling supplies to Anglian Water, which is one of seven firms to have imposed drought restrictions.

Seven policemen have been injured in a "terrorist attack" in the Bahraini village of Akr, the country's public security chief tells state media.

The 13-year-old grandson of Spain's King Juan Carlos is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the foot.

A study of monkeys suggests that the assignment of social rank defines immune cell counts and gene expression rather than vice versa.

Nick Clegg's spokesman says he has not yet agreed to more internet surveillance - after David Cameron implied the Lib Dem leader helped draw the plans up.

A Leicester shopkeeper wielding a wooden pole fights off an armed robber.

Scientists have begun a study to see if it is possible to influence what we dream about.

Six men arrested after a dissident republican rally in Londonderry on Monday remain in police custody.

Interest in the UK housing market edged higher in March, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Hopes of a UN-sponsored ceasefire in Syria recede as Damascus shows little sign of abiding by a deadline to withdraw its troops and weapons.

Belgium plans to beef up security on public transport after a fatal attack on a transport inspector brought Brussels trains and buses to a halt.

At least 18 people are killed in three separate suicide bombings in the Afghan provinces of Herat and Helmand, according to officials.

The European Court of Human Rights backs terror extraditions from the UK to the US in one of its most important rulings in years.

A shopkeeper in Leicester uses a wooden pole to fight off a robber who fired a weapon at him.

North Korea is poised to install the satellite onto its rocket, completing all preparations for the launch later this week, an official says in Pyongyang.